Description
A workshop to discuss OSG related Campus and Regional Infrastructures.
The use of high performance and high throughput computing (HT/HPC) to support scientific research has become a permanent feature of the research landscape. Many groups operate laboratory level HT/HPC systems that utilize open source software and commodity hardware to create a cyberinfrastructure to aid in simulation, data collection, and analysis. The proliferation of HPC systems within many institutions has created an opportunity to create co-operative campus level grids to leverage and harness the tremendous collective power of these systems. Moreover, opportunities to exploit underutilized resources for high throughput computing is fostering the creation of a culture of resource sharing through opportunisitic usage on many campuses.
This workshop will be a forum in which groups operating (or considering building) campus grids can come together to share best-practices, challenges, and opportunities in building a co-operative campus level cyberinfrastructure. The objectives of this workshop are to: i) discuss the current state-of-the-art and issues in running a production campus grid; ii) the role of the Open Science Grid as an enabler of campus and national-level research computing; iii) provide an opportunity for those considering adopting campus-level grids to learn about the technologies; and iv) identify future activities, issues, and action items to improve the effectiveness and adoption of campus grids.
The workshop will be a half-day event, with attendance limited to approximately 20 to encourage discussions among participants. An outcome of the workshop will be a report to the Open Science Grid community identifying future opportunities, challenges, and specific recommendations.